At Simsbury Big Y, Reusable Bags Help Veterans Too

SIMSBURY, CT — Buying reusable bags at the local supermarket can do more than just help the planet, it can help a local veterans organization too.

Simsbury’s Metacomet Post 1926 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has been selected by the Simsbury Big Y store leadership as the benefiting nonprofit in the Big Y Community Bag Program for the month of November.

In addition to Simsbury, the VFW chapter also serves the Granby and East Granby communities.
Under this program, shoppers can give back to the local community and help to reduce single-use plastics by purchasing a special reusable bag at Big Y, the Simsbury VFW wrote.

Under the program, every $2.50 reusable Big Y Community Bag sold supports a non-profit local to the store in which it was purchased.

Every month, at every Big Y location a different local non-profit is selected to benefit from the sale of these special reusable bags.

Simsbury’s VFW Post 1926 was selected as the November beneficiary by local store leadership at the store located at 1313 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT.

Simsbury’s VFW Post 1926 will receive a $1 donation for every $2.50 reusable Big Y Community Bag purchased at this location in November.

“This year has brought so many changes and difficulties for non-profits at the local level,” said Lee Wilson, commander, VFW Post 1926. “We are honored to be participating in this innovative program that makes it possible for shoppers to give back to local non-profits while reducing single-use plastic in the environment.

"We appreciate the community support in this important initiative to make a difference for veterans everywhere.”

Simsbury’s Metacomet VFW Post 1926 is a nonprofit based in Simsbury.

Founded in 1965, the Simsbury VFW is a community-based organization that follows the mission of the national VFW to act locally by serving the needs of veterans and their families.

For more information about the Metacomet VFW Post 1926, visit: www.vfw1926.org.